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HTML and HTTP
Http is a stateless protocol. There is mo mechanism built in to the protocol that allows the server to remeber clients or requests. An http simply responds to http verbs GET, POST, PUT, DEL, TRACE etc. contained in RFC 2068 HTTP/1.1
regular html forms post information using forms in 2 ways with a get or a post http request.
Get
- Get send information to the server using the URI. Limited to 1024 character in some browsers and servers.
Example http://iam.colum.edu/oop/classsource/class9/simpleGet.html simpleGet.html - source
The simpleGet.html pages form has the action of 'simpleGet.aspx' this mean that when the form is submitted the browser will request the 'simpleGet.aspx' with whatever parameters are in the form. Since the method = get these pararmeters will show up are query string parameters
URI and querystring parameters
URI - Universal Resource Identifier http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/computing/internet/rfc/rfc1630.txt RFC1630
Http URI
Protcol | Host | Port | Path | File | Fragment identifier | Querystring |
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http:// | info.cern.ch | :8000 | /imaginary/test/ | file.html | #link | ?test=yes |